Commission continues Mission's 344 Fourteenth Street project after community talks; initial approval fails

Project sponsor Manuj Mosheidi presented revisions to the proposed large project authorization for 344 Fourteenth Street — a seven‑story residential building using the state density bonus and proposing 60 units with eight on‑site inclusionary units. Mosheidi summarized outreach efforts and design changes, saying the sponsor had "met with the immediate neighbors" and offered traffic and streetscape mitigations and a written memorandum of understanding with neighborhood groups.

Several neighborhood groups — including United to Save the Mission and the Mission Economic Development Agency — said they were close to agreement but that recalculated density‑bonus fees changed the economics of an earlier deal. Larissa Pedroncelli of United to Save the Mission said the coalition could not yet support the project and asked for more time to vet administrative and funding details. Kelly Hill and other speakers raised geotechnical and historic‑district impacts; some speakers asked the commission to delay action until a negotiated community‑benefit package could be finalized.

During commissioners' deliberations, Commissioner Moore and Commissioner Richards voted against approving the project; a motion to approve the project with the conditions in staff's packet failed 3–2. Commissioner Richards then moved to continue the item; the commission approved continuing the item to July 11 by a 4–1 vote. The sponsor told the commission he could not attend the July 11 hearing but would have representatives present and indicated he could be available later in August.

The commission's action preserves the opportunity for a negotiated settlement between the sponsor and neighborhood parties and leaves the project's substantive approvals unresolved.